A jury finds the gunsmith who loaded the gun on the set of the film 'Rust' guilty of involuntary manslaughter

A jury found gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally shot dead by actor Alec Baldwin in 2021 with a prop gun on the set of the film. film 

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Gutierrez-Reed, who was in charge of supervising the weapons on the filming of the film 

 in October 2021, drank and smoked marijuana at night, prosecutors in the case had indicated, who stated that she was possibly hungover when she loaded a real bullet into the revolver that the actor Alec Baldwin used and that killed the director of photography.

The Prosecutor's Office made these accusations in response to a petition filed in May by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's lawyers to have the involuntary manslaughter charge against her dismissed.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed in court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 27, 2024.Luis Sanchez Saturno / Pool via Getty Images file

However, prosecutors accused her of having a history of reckless behavior and argued that it would be in the public interest for her to be "finally held accountable."